Fundsters following the courtroom battle between Jeff Gundlach and TCW [see profile] may pay even closer attention to the Los Angeles courtroom today. Gundlach himself, the CEO of DoubleLine [see profile] and the former chief investment officer of TCW, is scheduled to take the witness stand himself today.

To read the rest of the story of the fight between Gundlach and TCW, click here.

TCW fired Gundlach in December 2009 and unveiled a deal to buy rival MetWest. Gundlach and his colleagues promptly launched DoubleLine (also in Los Angeles). TCW sued in January 2010, accusing the DoubleLine crowd of stealing trade secrets, and Gundlach countersued with allegations that TCW dumped him to weasel out of paying hundreds of millions of dollars in fees. The trial started two weeks ago.&nbsp